Classics over sands

Derek Seward, our Chairman. presented a cheque for £3500 to Coniston Mountain rescue last week. We also presented a cheque to Coeliac UK for a similar amount, this is alongside donations to our local Scout Group and Cumbrian Wildlife Trust.

Huge thank you to all our supporters, volunteers & entrants for making the show such a success.

Thank you for your support of Classics over sands this year, with rain before and after the show, we were blessed with fantastic weather on Show Day.  With over 300 classics, the crowds literally burst onto the show field in record numbers.  Importantly we raised a record £8,500 for Charity, with Coeliac UK and Coniston Mountain Rescue receiving £3,500 each and the local Scouts and Cumbria wildlife sharing a further £1,500.

We have already announced the date of next year’s show as Sunday August 10^th, 2025.

You may not be aware, but the show is put together by a small group of volunteers (all classic vehicle fans), this year we really needed a little more help!  We are looking for volunteers to help on or around the show day, or even for specific parts of the day, such as helping with taking down the numerous marquees, the odd hour or two could make a big difference.  If this is something you feel you could help with, please drop a note to me on classicsoversands.org@gmail.com , together with your contact details.

Once again, a huge thank you for your support.

We asked all visitors to our event to vote for the car they would most like to take home.

Overall winner : Philip Oldfield – 1935 Derby Bentley

Class A , Classic cars up to 1959: 1st. Neville Wright – Corvette C1 2nd. David Saul – MG SA

Class B, Classic cars 1960-1979 : 1st. Stephen Wright – Fiat Dino Coupe 2nd. Cliff Graham – BMW 3.0 CSL (Batmobile)

Class C. Classic cars1980 onwards: 1st. Anthony McGlinchy – Aston Martin Vanquish 2nd. David Pattison – Ferrari 328 GTS

Class D. Motorcycles: 1st Clifford Robinson – BSA A10 2nd. Graham Powis – Laverda 3CL

Big thank you to all our entrants for bringing their amazing classics to our event, we look forward to seeing you at a future event.

Identified in a ‘bit of a state’ in an Italian barn and imported into the UK in 2008, this machine, when restored, completed a Milano Taranto (category win) in addition to four Moto Giro* d’Italia long-distance regularity events between 2011 and 2017. These 175cc single cylinder models were the first production overhead camshaft motorcycles offered by Ducati, being based on the successful racing machines of 1954-6. The design gave rise to capacities of 200, 250, 350 and 450cc, manufactured in Italy until 1974.

Come and see other fantastic motorcycles and classic cars at Classics over Sands on Sunday 11th August!

The 403 is finished in Bristol`s Cambridge grey which is actually mid green and was allocated to Air Marshall Banks as his personal car, he was the Bristol Aircraft Companies chief test pilot, it was later pictured in the racing department possibly downgraded to team transport.

Bought by its current owner, packed in a collection of boxes and largely disassembled, the body skin had been removed from the frame exposing the super leggera construction of tubes forming the shape of the car.

All the boxes were emptied on to the clean garage floor and sorted, it transpired that all the parts were present and mostly accurately labelled. The mountain of bits turned slowly into a car, the restoration actually took 2 years but it was spread over 5 years as other projects intervened. The car is a real testament to its owner and will be part of our “owner and machine” interviews at our show on 11th August.

While we have a number of Morgans entered, both the three and four wheel variety, The F super, owned by one of our committee members, a 1948 model is one of the last 3 wheelers built, before the model was reintroduced in 2010. It has a 10hp Ford engine which provides plenty of performance in such a light body. The engine is linked by a drive shaft to the 3 Speed gearbox, which sits just behind the seats and drives the rear wheel.

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The 20/25 is the ‘small’ Rolls Royce with a 3669cc engine and ‘crash’ gearbox with the gear lever and hand brake on the right hand side. One or both are guaranteed to slide up the trouser leg when attempting to get into the car. Cruising speed is 50-55mph and the fuel consumption 14 mpg on a good day and 10-12 mpg on a bad day. Rolls-Royce did not build bodies and these were supplied by a variety of specialist coachbuilders to the owner’s specification.

The rather unusual close-coupled body is by Thrupp and Maberley.  Four cars of this design were built of which only one other is believed to survive.  Seven separate actions are required to start the car so the likelihood of it being stolen by the uninformed is small.  Total mileage from new is 149000 miles so it is just about run in.

The current owners Grandfather originally owned the car, but it was sold to a new owner the USA. The current owner tracked it down and brought it back to the UK in in 1976. So come to Classics over Sands on Sunday 11th August and see this and other stunning machinery!

By popular demand, we’ve once again please to announce that Debora Field – Outoftheblue Aerial will be joining us once again. The last two years Debora has been a major attraction on the field with her Aerial Hoop Company wowing the crowds. So make a date to join us on Sunday 11th August for cars, bikes and lots more.

Or rather a 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL , often known as bat mobiles, due to the huge rear wing!  This car is one of only 500 RHD cars imported to UK and was how BMW homologated the coupe for European touring car racing in the 1970, which in won a number of times.  The L is for lightweight and made the doors bonnet and boot lid from aluminium. Fitted bucket seats and dispensed with the luxuries normally fitted to these cars . However all the Uk cars had the “ city pack “ that put them back on ! Electric windows glass side windows , bumpers etc .!

So make a date to attend Grange’s very own classic car and motorbike show on Sunday 11th August.